Mr Rasak Fadipe, the Director, Lagos State Fire Service on Saturday said that the state recorded 1, 273 fire calls in 2017.

Fadipe told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, “In 2017, we responded to 1, 659 calls, out of which 1, 273 were fire calls.

“Two hundred and sixty (260) were rescue calls, 21 were on building collapses and 105 were false calls.“While the estimated amount saved for the period was N99.5 billion considering the kind of emergencies we responded to, the destroyed properties were estimated to bec N16.5 billion.
“We were able to rescue 531 persons from emergencies within the period,’’ Fadipe e said.

Fadipe also disclosed that the fire service had responded to some emergency calls this year.